RPS were contractor’s designer on the scheme, which joins the N6 Galway to Ballinasloe PPP Scheme to the Athlone Bypass and forms part of the major inter-urban route between Dublin and Galway. A joint venture design build contract by SIAC / Wills, the scheme will officially become a motorway on 28th August 2009.

The project involved the construction of 12 bridges and 4 roundabouts on link roads and will shorten journey times between Dublin and Galway, improve road safety, improve competitiveness and remove 12,300 vehicles per day from the existing N6.

RPS was responsible for the detailed design, including alignment, drainage, structures and earthworks. We were also involved in traffic management, coordination of road safety audits and consultation.

Construction on the final link between Dublin and Ballinasloe, the 56km N6 Galway to Ballinasloe which RPS is helping to deliver as a PPP scheme, is on schedule for completion by the middle of next year.  This will see the entire National Primary Route between Dublin and Galway upgraded to first class motorway / high quality dual carriageway standard.